NEW ROLES FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS

摘要

The Human Resources function has been called by some of the industries as the last support of establishment. The role of the Human Resource professionals traditionally in most of the organizations is to serve as the systematizing policing division of the executive management. The traditional role was more closely associated with personnel and administration functions and they were vision by the organizations as paper. On considering the initial functions of HR in many companies which come out of the administration or finance department since hiring employees with remuneration and employees benefits were considered to be the foremost need of the organization. Also this is not astonishing. In this traditional role of HR, the HR executives and professionals were considered as the roadblock by rest of the organization. This is not surprising that some need of this role remains there. Though the payrolls and benefits are electronically handled even then they needs administration. Also it is not possible that every employee shall handle and interpret the employee handbook as per his need. The employees in this role feels HR to be their enemy and they are reluctant to go to the HR as they believe that their relations with their managers would be lost. There is a belief in the employees that the major function of HR is to only serve the management. The myths about the HR professionals are there as they are being accused of misleading employees and they complain that HR is failed to keep the employees information confidential. Moreover they are demonstrating the poor practices like investigations, benefits and hiring employees etc. It is pertinent for the executive leadership to see that HR is transforming its HR practices to forward thinking HR practices which shall align with the business strategies of the organization. So the new role of HR Director shall be parallel to the requirements of the changing organization. The successful organizations are resilient, adaptive; customer centered and is quick to change their directions. So the new role of the HR professional is of strategic partner to the business, an employee advocate and a change mentor in the organization. Dave Ulrich who is a professor of university of Michigan has recommended and put forward the new paradigm shifts of the new role of HR in Human Resource Champion. The human resource managers who apply these roles in their organization are leading with growth in the following: 1. Talent Management 2. Organizational Development 3. Utilizing the employees strategically 4. Talent development 5. Holistic Hiring.